San Diego’s First ‘Out of the Closet’ Store to Open Oct. 30

Just in time for last-minute Halloween shoppers to ‘Boo It Yourself!’, AHF’s newest fundraising thrift store opens in AHF’s new all-in-one San Diego facility housing an AHF Healthcare Center, AHF Pharmacy and Wellness Center

Ribbon-cutting and Reception Saturday, October 30, 10:00 a.m.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, is pleased to announce that it is opening a new branch of its popular and award-winning Out of the Closet (OTC) thrift stores—AHF’s first in San Diego. The store site, at 3580 5^th Avenue, 92103 in San Diego’s Hillcrest neighborhood, is located in an all-in-one AHF facility that will also include an AHF Healthcare Center, a full-service AHF Pharmacy as well as an AHF Wellness Center, providing free HIV and STD testing and treatment. The other three AHF services held a separate ribbon-cutting and reception at the location on Friday.

“Saturday’s grand opening will offer the chance for San Diego shoppers to be among the first to discover the unique finds and hidden treasures for which ‘Out of the Closet’ is famous—and just in time for those last-minute Halloween shoppers!” said Jonathan Kreuyer, General Manager of Out of the Closet stores. “With twenty-one other locations in California, Florida, Georgia, New York, Ohio, Texas and Washington State, AHF’s Out of the Closet thrift store chain is the nation’s largest retail fundraising venture for HIV/AIDS services, and where ninety-six cents of every dollar earned is directed towards local HIV/AIDS awareness efforts and our ongoing mission to provide quality HIV/AIDS care and services to those in need.”

AHF, the largest global AIDS organization, currently operates 84 AHF Healthcare Centers as well as 62 AHF Pharmacy outlets in 14 states throughout the United States as well as one of each in the District of Columbia and in Puerto Rico. Each Healthcare Center provides medical programs tailored to the specific needs of asymptomatic and symptomatic HIV/AIDS individuals from qualified medical and support professionals.

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Now with 21 locations nationwide, Out of the Closet thrift stores aim to make HIV testing easy while providing people a fun place to shop and donate gently used goods in support of the fight against HIV/AIDS. Out of the Closet Thrift Stores are often connected to an AHF Pharmacy, to also provide a convenient one-stop experience for clients to shop and pick up their medication.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, currently provides medical care and/or services to over 1.6 million individuals in 45 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region and Eastern Europe. To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org, find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth and follow us @aidshealthcare.

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Just in time for last-minute Halloween shoppers to ‘Boo It Yourself!’, AHF’s newest fundraising thrift store opens in a new all-in-one San Diego facility also housing an AHF Healthcare Center, AHF Pharmacy and Wellness Center.